Clint Eastwood plays a grumpy and prejudiced Korean War Veteran in this 2008 drama film. As Walt Kowalski, Eastwood's character is also a retired auto worker whose pride and joy is a 1972 Gran Torino that he helped build. When a young Hmong teenager tries to steal the prized possession, Kowalski, finding that the boy is under pressure from one of the local gangs, unwittingly sets out to reform him.